Introducing Myself

[VeronicaPaige]

Hey guys! My name is Veronica and I'm 27 years old. I'm a college sophomore and I'm happily married to an amazing man!

I recently decided to join this forum because I'm so unhappy with myself and my appearance. I've been thin pretty much my entire life... not unhealthy or anything. I've just always had a small build. Usually around 120-125 lbs. Over the last couple of years (pretty much since I started planning my wedding), I've gained probably 40 lbs. I've had a gym membership for a while now, but I can't seem to stick to any sort of exercise plan. And don't even get me started on dieting! My diet is basically fast food or junk food. I know better that to eat that garbage but I still do it anyway. I have a hard time with snacking, especially at night. I have a tendency to eat out of boredom, but I have a hard time motivating myself to get up and do anything. It gets worse when I start dwelling on how much weight I've gained... it just makes me want to eat more so I'll feel better. I know I'm being harder on myself than I should be, but I feel like my self-esteem is non-existent. Something has got to give!

What I'm hoping to get out of this forum is a connection to people who are trying to get started in this process of getting healthy again and also some motivation to get off of my butt and go to the gym!

I'll see you guys around!

 

[allcdnboy1]

Hi Veronica. Welcome to the forum. Sorry to hear you aren't happy about your appearance. Will power is always hard to overcome. I feel that I battle it every day. The only way that I've found success is to remove the temptations. Remove all junk food from the house. When I get bored and start looking around and find nothing, I realize that I'm not really hungry and fine without it.

Eating out is a different ball game. I work at home and am celiac, so don't have as much of a temptation there. I went for a few years without ever eating out because no one had anything I could have and now that kind of food just doesn't have any flavour. Maybe try setting a monthly eating-out budget. Carry a certain amount of cash with you and once that's spent, you are done eating out ... That's about all I've got.

 

[Kevin Sallee]

Hi Veronica,
How about just starting with walking 45 minutes a day. You'll be surprised how much better it makes you feel. Then you can start tackling the rest, one step at a time. What do you think?